Proposed Int. No. 1007-A
By Council Members Nurse, Restler, Cabán and Williams
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to community land trust regulatory agreements for the provision of services in addition to housing that benefit the local community
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 26-2001 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 67 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the purposes of this section: Eligible community land trust. The term “eligible community land trust” means a corporation that satisfies the following criteria: (i)(a) is incorporated pursuant to article 11 of the private housing finance law and section 402 of the not-for-profit corporation law; (b) the certificate of incorporation of which specifically provides for the provision of housing for persons of low income in the form of a community land trust; (c) has submitted such disclosure statements as shall be required by the supervising agency and received the approval of such supervising agency; (d) lawfully acquired all of its real property in full compliance with such corporation's certificate of incorporation and any agreements with a governmental entity with respect to such property or such corporation; and (ii) provides in its by-laws that it will (a) acquire parcels of land, primarily for conveyance under long-term ground leases, (b) transfer ownership of any structural improvements located on such leased parcels to the lessees, (c) retain a preemptive option to purchase any such structural improvement at a price determined by formula that is designed to ensure that the improvement remains affordable to low-income households, [and] (d) have a board of directors composed of lessees of housing associated with the entity, an adult resident of a particular geographic area specified in the bylaws of the organization and any other category of persons described in the bylaws of the organization, provided that lessees of property associated with the entity shall not constitute a majority of such board, and (e) will encourage property uses that serve additional interests of the community of low-income persons for which housing is provided that include, but may not be limited to, such commercial, social, recreational, communal or other non-housing facilities as may be incidental or appurtenant to the provision of housing.
Persons of low income. The term “persons of low income” means “persons of low income” as defined in section 2(19) of the private housing finance law.
Supervising agency. The term “supervising agency” means the department of housing preservation and development.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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LS #10721
7/24/24